Sen. Mark R. Warner, a Virginia Democrat, has raised alarms about the expected increase in digital disinformation campaigns from U.S. adversaries, particularly China and Iran, as the presidential election approaches.
The Washington Times is reporting that Warner is warning that these adversaries might utilize artificial intelligence to create convincing deepfake videos designed to spread chaos and misinformation, especially in the aftermath of the election.
Warner specifically highlighted the vulnerability of election processes during the days immediately following the vote, when the potential for contested results could lead to significant disarray.
Warner emphasized that the post-election period could be particularly perilous if the outcome is uncertain.
“The two, three, four days after the election is where we could really see bad things happen,” he told the Times. “Think about the potential of a deepfake of someone who appears to be an election official [on] Election Day or the day after election appearing to destroy ballots, and artificial intelligence can just simply allow these activities to be done at speed and scale that’s unprecedented.” […]
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